• Health - infertility - Parenting

    Explaining Why #OHIP4IVF #onpoli Makes Sense

    September 9, 2012 - By 

    Some of my readers and followers will have noticed I am on a new mission here lately _ one that involves championing the needs of families as usual, but from a slightly different perspective. Lately I am tweeting with the hashtag #Ohip4ivf because I have joined forces with a group called Conceivable Dreams. Conceivable Dreams is an advocacy based grassroots organization that started with the passion of two parents bent on educating public and government about the needs of parents in waiting, parents seeking to become families through the help of a process known as in vitro fertilization. I typically…

  • Health

    Back to School Backpack Safety: How to Spare Your Child’s Back From Injury

    September 1, 2012 - By 

    I was sent several of these Backpack Binders for review and was the slightest bit confused when they arrived. Are they a backpack? Or a binder? Well, my energetic one shown here tore open the package and all was revealed. They are binders, of course, but with a difference. These Backpack Binders are extremely light, because the company that makes them believes the lighter the better and that children’s backpacks are already to full, which is leading to a large number of back injuries. So lighten the load in the backpack, by carrying one of these and you are off…

  • Health

    Saving Money at the Dentist with DentalPlans

    August 10, 2012 - By 

    No secret that dentistry, planned or unplanned, can leave the average person out of pocket for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of dollars. If you don’t have insurance, what’s a family to do? Luckily DentalPlans has some answers to your dental needs. With plans that start at $79.95 a year, you can help your family save. I am all about the savings here, so this is one service that caught my eye. Plans start at the low price of $79.95 for single patients and $129.95 for families. That’s a good deal less than many dental insurance plans.  As a mom of…

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    I Didn’t Know I Was a Health Blogger until…

    August 2, 2012 - By 

    A funny thing happened on the way to my first rodeo – or my first trip to Blogher. I was signing up last minute as I do, because life is busy, when all the schedules started coming and they were addressed to this health and fitness track blogger. Health Blogger? Fitness blogger? Now, I’ve been blogging a good three years easily. And I can tell you categorically that I have not once thought of myself as a health blogger. I am, at times, all over the map here. I know it. I like a lot of things and I like…

  • Health

    Stylish Glasses Online at Great Prices

    July 2, 2012 - By 

    Want stylish Glasses at great prices? Look no further than glasses.com. The on line site has some superhot styles and an amazing deal right now for the 4th of July. Buy now and use the code 4thJuly and you get 30% off and $30 cashback. You get the code by email. There are too many deals to list them all, but FREE SHIPPING is also available on many orders.  When I was wearing glasses I used to look forward to that visit every year to the optometrist. It didn`t really matter how the appointment went to me, the part I…

  • Giveaways - Health

    Summer Bloggers Birthday Bash

    July 1, 2012 - By 

    Welcome to the Summer Bloggers Birthday Bash! A whole mess of bloggers have teamed up to bring this killer bash to you. There are dozens of prizes and I can’t wait to see who wins…Good luck all! Moms LivingThrifty, CentsableCoupon Lady, Clair’sFreebies, Good StewardSavers and Feisty FruGals have teamed up with a great group of bloggers to celebrate our summer blog birthdays! We’ve got lots of great prizes up for grabs, including a grand prize of $300 PayPal cash! Yes, that’s 3 BIG ONES to one lucky reader! What would you do with an extra $300 in your pocket? Pay…

  • family - Health - parenting

    Adult Essentials: Update on my ShesConnected Health Journey

    May 15, 2012 - By 

    Writing is a pretty sedentary activity. Yes, between all the twitter parties and the bon bon eating, navel gazing and naps, there’s scarcely any time for anything else…(cue awful sound of screechy needle dragged across a record).Say what? Truth: I run so hard and so fast most days my head spins. These are a few little snapshots of our life. When we were still for purposes of capturing a moment in time. Us in Cape Canaveral, Us doing a story and meeting the amazing Olympian Kurt Browning. Us at martial arts. The whole family trains. I run them around and…

  • family - Health

    My Worry Box – A PTPA Winner for Children #Giveaway

    April 17, 2012 - By 

    Does your child worry? Chances are good, if they are preschoolers on up, there are times their little minds won’t turn off the busy actions of the day. Or times their thoughts are racing. Sensitive children, gifted children, children with special needs, perfectionists, or simply children who spend a lot of time thinking. All children at one time or another handle worry, or anxiety. That’s just part of life. These days, worry and anxiety seems to be more prevalent among children than ever before. Healthy adults handle worries and anxieties every day. But most healthy adults have a toolkit of…

  • Health - special needs

    Teethease Necklaces and Teething Jewelry – Interview with the Inventor

    March 9, 2012 - By 

    My daughter Ainsley chewing on her newest tool for Sensory Processing Disorder, the Teethease Necklaces. Sensory Processing and Special Needs We are way too old for teethers in our house. Our youngest child is seven, but when the option to review this fabulous product line called Teethease Necklaces came to my attention, I was thrilled, because I like having options and I adore having BPA and lead-free items. For people who don’t understand, a lot of children with sensory processing disorder, or autism, need oral input. They chew a lot on sleeves, fingers, jewelry, even toys. It is an organizing…

  • Health - special needs

    Jury Duty, the Tori Stafford murder and Trials

    March 6, 2012 - By 

    The last time I set foot in a courthouse it was for Happy Court. The term we use to describe the day when you finalize your child’s adoption. Yesterday, inside the same London courthouse the mood was as far removed as possible as the murder trial of Michael Rafferty began. Today I am just happy to be here, working at home. Yesterday my number was up. Well, almost. On the first day of the Rafferty murder trial in London, when our local courthouse turned into a very busy hub of activity and media from all over Ontario descended into the centre…